Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Cucujiformia > Superfamily Cucujoidea > Family Kateretidae > Genus Brachypterus

Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dermestes Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

BrachypterusKugelann, 1794accepted genus name
Heterobrachium Wollaston, 1864 generic synonym
Virbius Des Gozis, 1886 generic synonym

Species group names

Dermestes urticae Fabricius, 1792 objective synonym
Brachypterus flavicornis Kuester, 1848 subjective synonym
Cateretes affinis Heer, 1841 subjective synonym
Nitidula erythropus Marsham, 1802 subjective synonym
Strongylus abbreviatus Herbst, 1792 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English-United States: Nettle Pollen Beetle

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Paolo Audisio. Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=120450

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2004-05-08 by Prof. Paolo Audisio

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